Ambler is a city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, home to about 182 people across 10 square miles. Its ZIP code is 99786.
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| Nearest major airport | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)472 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Ambler Airport (ABL)1 mile away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Anchorage, AK483 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Ambler; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Ambler had 274 residents in the 2020 census, down 11% since 2000.
It’s the 189th largest of 321 towns in Alaska by population.
Northwest Arctic Borough grew from 3,560 residents in 1960 to 7,793 in 2020.
Northwest Arctic Borough, 1960–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
1,766 jobs at 65 businesses in Northwest Arctic Borough. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
2 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Ambler.
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 2 |
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Source: providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Public schools here are run by Northwest Arctic Borough School District. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.
| School | Grades | Students | Type | Distance |
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| Ambler SchoolAmbler | Pre-K–12 | 60 | Public | 0.2 mi |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.
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